Re: Re: TSH test and iodine

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Chuck. There never is an easy answer, is

there...

I know that you've been getting a lot of heat lately,

but I do want to say that I appreciate your posts (and

your sense of humor) very much.

I am very grateful to have found this group, so thank

you everybody. Even though there are many arguments, I

have many more leads than I did before. I actually am

glad that there are disagreements - they open up more

subjects than there would be if everyone agreed with

everyone else (though it probably is a good thing that

we all live so far apart from each other).

Thanks, Sam, for the websites.

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--- Chuck B <gumboyaya@...> wrote:

> ,

>

> You wrote:

> >

> > When this does happen, what is the usual solution?

> > What do people take?

>

> There is no one answer, and the diagnosis is

> complex, depending on

> exactly what part of the system is malfunctioning.

> One approach, often

> recommended on this list, is to treat the adrenals.

> You should rule out

> possible neoplasms.

>

> Chuck

>

[Guest guest]

Crystal wrote:

>

> TSH kept me hypo until I was 24.

A more accurate phrasing might be that a poor interpretation of the TSH

kept you hypoT. Don't forget that the first definition of the term

" hypothyroid " was based on the TSH. It has since been generalized to

mean symptomatic or deficient in the Frees, but the " old school " view

was that you could have symptoms and still not be hypoT by the TSH

definition.

Chuck

[Guest guest]

TSH can be within normal numbers even though T4 and T3 are not normal

-- Re: Re: TSH test and iodine

Crystal wrote:

>

> TSH kept me hypo until I was 24.

A more accurate phrasing might be that a poor interpretation of the TSH

kept you hypoT. Don't forget that the first definition of the term

" hypothyroid " was based on the TSH. It has since been generalized to

mean symptomatic or deficient in the Frees, but the " old school " view

was that you could have symptoms and still not be hypoT by the TSH

definition.

Chuck